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afternoon

noun as in period after 12 noon and before sunset

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He said that he and his daughter found the carcass with the skull already clean of skin earlier that afternoon.

"Imagine, on a Friday afternoon, having a urine infection, and you've got to wait till Monday to see a GP - if you're lucky - to have an appointment," she said.

From BBC

He will chair a meeting of the government's emergency Cobra committee in London this afternoon, flying home early from a European summit in Denmark to do so.

From BBC

On Monday afternoon, a group of about 40 people including grandmothers, parents and their children, and a man in a chicken costume, held flowers and signs.

A fellow activist who witnessed what happened on Wednesday afternoon said that four armed men forced the pair into a vehicle and sped off.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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